International Internal IT Leader - Cloud, AI & Security

Youwe; Rotterdam; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office lunches

Learning budget

Hybrid work options

Remote 4 weeks

Loyalty days

Bike plan

Gym discount

Job summary

Youwe is seeking an Internal IT Manager to own and evolve our global IT environment across offices. You lead the team, partner with the CTO, and shape roadmaps, budgets, cloud migrations, and landscape harmonization to scale in a growing international organization.

You will drive security, IAM, and modern workplace tech (Microsoft 365, SSO, MFA) and steer AI tooling governance, ensuring safe, value-driven adoption. Fluency in Dutch and English is required to collaborate across locations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in IT operations, IT service delivery, internal IT management, or a comparable role.
• Experience leading people, setting priorities, and delivering improvements in a complex IT environment.
• Proven experience managing hosting, managed-service, or other critical IT suppliers, including SLAs, contracts, and cost control.
• Solid knowledge of cloud, SaaS, and modern workplace technology, such as Microsoft 365, MDM, SSO, and MFA.
• Experience leading or coordinating IT migration, change, or transformation programs.
• Practical understanding of security and compliance, including IAM, access management, and incident management.
• Experience with enterprise AI tooling, governance.
• Professional fluency in spoken and written Dutch and English.

Responsibilities

• Lead the internal IT team, including Support Engineering and Functional Application Management, setting clear priorities and supporting performance and development;
• Build and deliver one company-wide internal IT roadmap, translating the needs of all offices into a prioritized backlog;
• Keep internal IT reliable, secure, and user-friendly by resolving incidents and addressing recurring issues at their root cause;
• Manage key IT suppliers and our hosting partner, steering on SLAs, service quality, capacity, escalations, and cost;
• Lead the move from remaining on-premise systems to cloud and SaaS, and harmonize the IT and SaaS landscape across offices;
• Own the internal IT budget, contracts, and licenses, and report monthly to the COO on availability, risks, and roadmap delivery.

Skills

IT operations

Team leadership

Vendor management

Cloud & SaaS

Security & IAM

AI governance

Dutch & English

Tools

Microsoft 365

MDM

SSO

MFA

Job description

Youwe is seeking an Internal IT Manager to own and evolve our global IT environment across offices. You lead the team, partner with the CTO, and shape roadmaps, budgets, cloud migrations, and landscape harmonization to scale in a growing international organization.

You will drive security, IAM, and modern workplace tech (Microsoft 365, SSO, MFA) and steer AI tooling governance, ensuring safe, value-driven adoption. Fluency in Dutch and English is required to collaborate across locations.